You graduated from DW’s International Media Studies program last year. Now, you’ve been invited back as a guest and expert for a panel-discussion at the DW Global Media Forum. How does that make you feel?

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What do you miss most about Germany?
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Can you apply the knowledge that you learned at DW to your work in Vietnam?
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Raksmey Meas, assistant lecturer at the Department of Media and Communication at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, reports that Japan’s catastrophe involving the recent earthquake and subsequent tsunami has yet again taken center stage in the world media’s attention.

Particularly in Cambodia, news related to Japan and its disaster racked up on front pages for more than a week following the initial shock on March 11th.

Regarding the focus of Cambodian media on this tragedy, news angles seem to be anything on the updates of the situation – death toll, possible nuclear explosion and rescue efforts, etc.

Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder and head of the Pakistan-based militant Haqqani network, has backed Mullah Omar's successor Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. Haqqani's statement comes days after media reports claimed he had died.

More debris thought to be from a plane has been found on Reunion island, media reports say. A flaperon from a Boeing 777 also recently found on the island is suspected to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Torrential rains in Southeast Asia have decimated thousands of homes and fields. The death toll across India and Myanmar is rising as emergency services fight against the elements to reach those in need.

New Taliban leader Mullah Mansoor has vowed to continue the group's 14-year insurgency in Afghanistan in a newly released audio message. Mansoor urged Taliban fighters to remain united in the wake of Mullah Omar's death.

The Taliban have appointed Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as their new leader and successor to Mullah Omar, whose death has been confirmed by both militants and the Afghan government. But who is Mansoor, and why was he chosen?